About the Foundation

Board of Trustees

Donna Akins
Community Volunteer

Irving L. Dennis, CPA
Retired Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Former CFO of U.S. Dept. of HUD
Board Vice Chair

William G. Ebbing
President, New Albany Company

David M. Feinberg
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at American Electric Power

Everett Gallagher
Senior Vice President, Abercrombie & Fitch
Immediate Past Chair

Helga Houston
Senior Executive Vice President, CRO, Huntington
Board Chair

Paul Judge
President, Axium Packaging
Board Secretary

Charlotte P. Kessler
Community Volunteer

John McWhorter
Chief Operating Officer
OhioHealth

Kimberly Lee Minor
CEO, Bumbershoot, LLC

Thomas J. (TJ) Obrokta, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Encova Insurance

Tom Pigott
Chief Financial Officer
Lancaster Colony Corporation
Board Treasurer

Lynne Redgrave
Community Volunteer
Member at Large, Executive Committee

Lynne Smith
Community Volunteer

Dan Snyder
CEO & Founder of Lower.com and Homeside Financial

Nanette Nardi Triplett
Community Volunteer

Ex-Officio Board Members

Michael Sawyers, Superintendent, New Albany Schools

John W. Kessler, Chairman, The New Albany Company
Founder, Past Chair & Emeritus Trustee, New Albany Community Foundation

J. Craig Mohre, President, New Albany Community Foundation

Kerri Mollard, Board Chair, Plain Township Board of Trustees

David J. Ryan*, Past Foundation Board Chair & Emeritus Trustee

Angela Parsons & Chris Donovan, The Columbus Foundation

Sloan Spalding, Mayor, New Albany

Debbie Kalinosky, President, New Albany Schools Board of Education

Keith R. Berend, MD, Senior Partner, Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc. and CEO, White Fence Surgical Suites & Emeritus Trustee

Past Board Chairs

Jack Kessler
Chairman, The New Albany Company

David J. Ryan*
Former owner & CEO of Rimrock

Barbara J. Siemer
The Siemer Family Foundation

Rich Ramsey
Owner, RQR Consulting

Carl English
Former Vice Chairman, American Electric Power

Cindy Hilsheimer
Principal & Founder, BeecherHill

Michael DeAscentis, Jr.
CEO, Lifestyle Communities

Dennis Welch
Former Executive Vice President & Chief External Officer, American Electric Power

Keith R. Berend, MD
Senior Partner, Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc. and CEO, White Fence Surgical Suites & Emeritus Trustee

Lynne Smith
Community Volunteer

Everett Gallagher
Senior Vice President, Abercrombie & Fitch

*In Memoriam